Shuteye Unison – ‘Our Future Selves’, 11/16/10
September 30, 2010
Shuteye Unison has announced the arrival of a new album, Our Future Selves, which will be available starting November 16th, 2010. This new album, another dose of fresh indie pop, is the latest since the band’s 2008 self-titled release.
Shuteye Unison – “Our Future Selves”
(album preview)
The album is coming out via Parks and Records, the local indie label with an extra-special purpose – a percentage of all album sales go directly to non-profits such as the National Park Conservation Association. Parks and Records is the brainchild of Jon Fee (along with Mimi Fee), who performs in Shuteye Unison on bass and vocals.
To celebrate the release of Our Future Selves, Shuteye Unison will be playing at the Rickshaw Stop on October 13th, along with fellow Parks and Records artists Crashlander (from Portland) and Silian Rail (8:00 pm, $10).
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Bay Area electronic roundup: new releases from Elephant and Castle, Eskmo, and James & Evander
September 30, 2010
Man does not (or at least, need not) live by rock and roll alone. Below are selections from three rising local electronic artists with recent or upcoming releases. What’s more, all three have shows in the Bay during October.
The Analogue EP is the first release from Oakland’s Elephant and Castle, who celebrates the EP’s release at the Totally Intense Fractal Mind Gaze Hut on October 3rd with White Hinterland and Beep. Musician/engineer David Reep is the man behind the project’s glitchy, sample-driven electronic soul. In case he’s not busy enough, Reep’s also the founder of Third Culture Records, which has released music by Man/Miracle, Butterfly Bones, Foxtails Brigade, Judgement Day, The Soft White Sixties and James & Evander.
Eskmo is SF-by-way-of-CT’s Brendan Angelides, whose self-titled debut album comes out October 19th on Ninja Tune. “Cloudlight” is massive, wobbly music, a quasi-metallic slice of slowed-down pop aided by Angelides’ emotive but understated vocals. Eskmo performs as part of a free Ninja Tune XX anniversary show at 1015 Folsom on October 29th.
James & Evander – “Turtle Two”
Oakland production duo James & Evander recently released their latest collection of instrumental electronic pop, an EP called Sunlight & Circuitry. The EP’s billed as “weedwave, the stonier more introspective cousin of chillwave,” and the duo are playing on October 5th at Amoeba in Berkeley.
After the jump, a link to download “Come Back” from Eskmo, as well as all of his upcoming tour dates.
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Timothy James Wright – ‘Dark Hymns in an Empty Chapel’
September 29, 2010
Timothy James Wright‘s Dark Hymns in an Empty Chapel is out now. Every song on this album is intriguing and elegantly crafted – lush undertones, warm analog feel, deft vocals and instrumentation.
You can hear the entire album here, or on the Dark Hymns in an Empty Chapel Bandcamp page, where the album can also be purchased ($4).
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Ticket Giveaway Wednesday 2: Adam Haworth Stephens, The Futureheads, Dead Meadow
September 29, 2010
This is Part 2 of 2 for Ticket Giveaway Wednesday. Check our earlier post with three other giveaways.
Saturday, October 2nd – Adam Stephens, Mini Mansions, Sea of Bees @ The Independent
Adam Haworth Stephens – “The Cities You’ve Burned”
To enter send an email to contest@thebaybridged.com with your full name in the body and the phrase “I want to see Adam Stephens!” in the subject line. The THIRD person to enter will win a pair of tickets to the show and a digital copy of his new album, We live on Cliffs.
Show starts at 9pm, $13 adv/$15 door, 21+. Purchase advance tickets here.
Saturday, October 2nd – The Futureheads, The So So Glos, Social Studies @ Great American Music Hall
Social Studies – “Time Bandit”
To enter send an email to contest@thebaybridged.com with your full name in the body and the phrase “I want to see The Futureheads!” in the subject line. The FIFTH person to enter will win a pair of tickets to the show.
Show starts at 9pm, $15 adv/$17 door, 6+. Purchase advance tickets here.
Tuesday, October 5th – Dead Meadow, Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound @ Great American Music Hall
Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound – “By The Rippling Green”
To enter send an email to contest@thebaybridged.com with your full name in the body and the phrase “I want to see Dead Meadow!” in the subject line. The FOURTH person to enter will win a pair of tickets to the show.
Show starts at 8pm, $15, 6+. Purchase advance tickets here.
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Ticket Giveaway Wednesday: Dungen, Vandella, White Hills
September 29, 2010
This is part 1 of 2 for Ticket Giveaway Wednesday.
Wednesday, September 29th – Dungen, The Entrance Band, The Fresh & Onlys @ The New Parish
The Fresh & Onlys – “Second One to Know”
To enter send an email to contest@thebaybridged.com with your full name in the body and the phrase “I want to see Dungen!” in the subject line. The FIRST and FOURTH person to enter will each win a pair of tickets.
The show starts at 9pm, $17.50 adv/$20 door, 18+. Purchase advance tickets here.
Thursday, September 30th – Vandella, todayokay, M. Zelaya @ Rickshaw Stop
To enter send an email to contest@thebaybridged.com with your full name in the body and the phrase “I want to see Vandella!” in the subject line. The SECOND person to enter will each win a pair of tickets.
The show starts at 8pm, $10, All Ages. Purchase advance tickets here.
Friday, October 1st – White Hills, Lumerians, White Cloud @ Rickshaw Stop
To enter send an email to contest@thebaybridged.com with your full name in the body and the phrase “I want to see White Hills!” in the subject line. The THIRD person to enter will each win a pair of tickets.
The show starts at 8:30pm, $10, All Ages. Purchase advance tickets here.
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Poor Bailey’s October Project: A Song a Day to Keep the Demons Away
September 29, 2010
Poor Bailey‘s A Song a Day to Keep the Demons Away is both an ode to October and a massive new local music project.
Starting October 1st (this Friday), a new song will be available for streaming + download on the band’s website, until the very end of the month (Halloween). That’s 31 songs in total, previously unrecorded and unreleased. “Angel in Disguise” is the first track from this project, which you can enjoy here and now.
Poor Bailey – “Angel in Disguise”
The Song a Day project is long in the making, as Poor Bailey’s last record came out back in 2006 (Pyrite and Gold).
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This weekend: Hardly Strictly Bluegrass celebrates 10 years in Golden Gate Park
September 28, 2010
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass needs no introduction. In its 10 years of existence, Hardly Strictly has turned into a juggernaut of a festival, featuring a staggering number of great musical acts in one place (“variety” doesn’t quite do it justice) – and all for the low, low price of FREE.
This weekend, October 1st-3rd, Golden Gate Park will once again open her arms to HSB, and with the weather we’ve been experiencing lately, it’s sure to be rather glorious.
The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2010 schedule is now available, as well as a map and complete set of performer bios. This year’s lineup includes, among many others: the Avett Brothers, Elvis Costello and the Sugarcanes, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Conor Oberst, Emmylou Harris, Lucero, Randy Newman, Richard Thompson, and Rosanne Cash.
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Live This Month: October 2010 (Podcast #232)
September 28, 2010
Live This Month: October 2010 (Podcast #232)
Every month, we dedicate the first week’s podcast to highlighting some of the great local and out-of-town bands performing soon in the San Francisco Bay Area. We’ve got ten great bands playing some excellent shows around the Bay in October, so head out and see some live music!
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About the bands:
Ireland’s So Cow (“Ain’t No Fun”) released one of my favorite records this year in Meaningless Friendly. SF’s The Wrong Words and Neighbors support them at the Hemlock Tavern on October 4th.
With their first new album in 20 years, The Vaselines (“Sex With An X”) head to Great American Music Hall on October 20th. Dum Dum Girls open the show.
SF’s Lumerians (“Orgon Grinder”) recently signed to Knitting Factory Records, who will be releasing the band’s next album in 2011. They’ll be at the Rickshaw Stop on October 1st, with White Hills and White Cloud.
Reigning Sound (“Stick Up For Me”) headline a great Budget Rock show on Sunday, October 24th at Bottom of the Hill. They’ll be joined by The Flakes, Ty Segall, The Touch-Me-Nots and DJ Classic Bar Music.
